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Talal Itani· published 2012
O you who believe! When you marry believing women, but then divorce them before you have touched them, there is no waiting period for you to observe in respect to them; but compensate them, and release them in a gracefulmanner.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
O ye who believe! If ye wed believing women and divorce them before ye have touched them, then there is no period that ye should reckon. But content them and release them handsomely
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
O ye who believe! when ye wed believing women, and then divorce them before ye have touched them, ye have no term that ye need observe; so make them some provision, and let them go handsomely at large
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O Believers! when ye marry believing women, and then divorce them before ye have consummated the marriage, ye have no term prescribed you, which ye must fulfil towards them: provide for them, and dismiss them with a reputabledismissal
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
O true believers, when ye marry women who are believers, and afterwardsput them away, before ye have touched them, there is no term prescribed you to fulfil towards them after their divorce: But make them a present, and dismiss them freely, with an honourabledismission
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
O besimtarë! Kur të martoheni me besimtare e pastaj t'i ndani para se të keni marrëdhënie me to, ju nuk keni të drejtë të kërkoni nga ato përmbushjen e ndonjë afati të pritjes. Mirëpo, jepuni atyre diçka nga pasuria dhe lëshojini me njerëzi!
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বাংলা · Bengali
হে মুমিনগণ! যখন তোমরা মু’মিন নারীদেরকে বিবাহ করবে অতঃপর তাদেরকে স্পর্শ করার (২৪) পূর্বেই (যদি) তালাক দিয়ে দাও, তবে তোমাদের জন্য তাদের উপর কোনো ইদ্দত নেই, যা তোমরা গণনা করবে। সুতরাং (সান্ত্বনাস্বরূপ) তোমরা তাদেরকে কিছু উপহার সামগ্রী প্রদান করো এবং সুন্দরভাবে তাদেরকে বিদায় দাও।
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
O vjernici, kad se vjernicama oženite, a onda ih, prije stupanja u bračni odnos, pustite, one nisu dužne čekati određeno vrijeme koje ćete vi brojati, već ih darujte i lijepo ih otpremite.
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Hrvatski · Croatian
O vjernici, kad se vjernicama oženite, a onda ih, prije stupanja u bračni odnos, pustite, one nisu dužne čekati određeno vrijeme koje ćete vi brojati, već ih darujte i lijepo ih otpremite.
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Fulfulde · Fulani
Eey mon yo ɓen gooŋɗinɓe ! Si resii rewɓe gooŋɗinɓe ɓen, refti on seerii ɓe ado on meemondirde e maɓɓe, haray alanaa on e maɓɓe, edda mo ɓe eddinotoo. NDakmitiree ɓe [njooɓa], ceeriron ɓe ceergal labangal.
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ქართული · Georgian
ჰეი, თქვენ რომელთაც ირწმუნეთ! როცა ცოლად შეირთავთ მორწმუნე ქალებს, შემდეგ კი განქორწინდებით მათთან მანამ, სანამ შეეხებოდეთ მათ [ინტიმური სიახლოვე არ გექნებათ მათთან], მაშინ არ გაქვთ ვალდებულება მათი მიმართ რაიმე ვადის [იდდის] დაცვაზე, რომელსაც ითვლით მათთვის. მაგრამ დაასაჩუქრეთ ისინი [განსაცდელის შესამსუბუქებლად] და გაუშვით ისინი ღირსეულად, კეთილშობილურად.
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Deutsch · German
O die ihr glaubt, wenn ihr gläubige Frauen heiratet und euch hierauf von ihnen scheidet, bevor ihr sie berührt habt, dann dürft ihr für sie keine von euch berechnete Wartezeit aussetzen; so gewährt ihnen eine Abfindung und gebt sie auf schöne Weise frei.
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Ελληνικά · Greek
Ω, εσείς που πιστεύετε! Όταν παντρεύεστε τις πιστές γυναίκες και έπειτα τις χωρίζετε χωρίς να τις έχετε αγγίξει, τότε δεν υπάρχει υποχρέωση σ' αυτές προς εσάς το να περιμένουν την ορισμένη περίοδο αναμονής (‘Ίντα) που να την υπολογίσετε (μετά το διαζύγιο για να φανεί αν είναι έγκυες ή όχι). Δώστε τους λοιπόν ένα δώρο (ως αποζημίωση από τα χρήματά σας) και δώστε τους διαζύγιο με όμορφο τρόπο.
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हिन्दी · Hindi
ऐ ईमान वालो! जब तुम ईमान वाली स्त्रियों से विवाह करो, फिर उन्हें हाथ लगाने से पहले ही तलाक़ दे दो, तो तुम्हारे लिए उनपर कोई इद्दत[35] नहीं, जिसकी तुम गिनती करो। अतः तुम उन्हें कुछ सामान दे दो और उन्हें भलाई के साथ विदा कर दो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
O credenti, se sposate le credenti, poi divorziate da loro prima di averle toccate, non dovete imporre loro un termine di continenza; risarcitele come dovuto e lasciatele con benevolenza.
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Lietuvių · Lithuanian
49. O jūs tikintieji, kai vedate tikinčias moteris, o tada išsiskiriate dar neturėję lytinių santykių su jomis, neturite skaičiuoti jokio ida [su skyrybomis susijusio laiko tarpo, žr. eilutę 65:4] dėl jų. Taigi atiduokite joms dovaną ir paleiskite jas (t. y. išsiskirkite) geru būdu.
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Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yaa warra amantan! Yeroo dubartoota mu’uminaa fuutanii, eegasii odoo isaan hintuqin (qunnamtii saalaa hin raawwatin) isaan hiiktan, “Iddaan” isin isaan irratti lakkaawwattan isiniif hin jiru. Isaan qanansiisaa, gadi dhiisuu bareedaas isaan gadi dhiisaa. [8]
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Русский · Russian
О вы, которые уверовали! Если вы вступили в брак с верующими женщинами, а затем развелись с ними прежде, чем коснулись их, то нет на них обязанности выжидать какой-либо срок выжидания, который вы бы отсчитывали. Одарите их и отпустите их прекрасным образом.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
О верници, кад се ожените верницама, а онда их, пре ступања у брачни однос, разведете, оне нису дужне да чекају одређено време које ћете ви да бројите, већ их дарујте и лепо их отпремите.
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Kiswahili · Swahili
Enyi mlioamini, mkiwaoa wanawake, Waumini, kisha mkawapa talaka kabla ya kuwagusa, basi hamna eda juu yao mtakayohesabu. Basi wapeni cha kuwaliwaza, na muwaache kwa wema.
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Svenska · Swedish
Troende! När ni gifter er med troende kvinnor och sedan skiljer er från dem innan ni har haft intimt umgänge med dem gäller ingen väntetid för dem. Ge dem då en gåva och skilj er från dem på ett värdigt sätt.
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Türkçe · Turkish
Ey iman edenler! Mümin kadınları nikahlayıp da, henüz zifafa girmeden önce onları boşarsanız, sizin için üzerlerine sayacağınız bir iddet yoktur. Kendilerine bağışta bulunarak onları güzellikle serbest bırakın.
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اردو · Urdu
اے مومنو! جب تم مومن عورتوں سے نکاح کرو پھر ہاتھ لگانے سے پہلے (ہی) طلاق دے دو تو ان پر تمہارا کوئی حق عدت کا نہیں جسے تم شمار کرو[1] ، پس تم کچھ نہ کچھ انہیں دے دو[2] اور بھلے طریق پر انہیں رخصت کر دو.[3]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
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Talal Itani2012 And do not obey the blasphemers and the hypocrites, and ignore their insults, and rely on God. God is a sufficient protector.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And follow not the unbelievers and the hypocrites; but let alone their ill-treatment, and rely upon God, for God is guardian enough
John Medows Rodwell1861 And obey not the Infidels and Hypocrites - yet abstain from injuring them: and put thou thy trust in God, for God is a sufficient guardian
George Sale1734 And obey not the unbelievers, and the hypocrites, and mind not their evil treatment: But trust in God; and God is a sufficient protector
Talal Itani2012 O Prophet! We have permitted to you your wives to whom you have given their dowries, and those you already have, as granted to you by God, and the daughters of your paternal uncle, and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncle, and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you, and a believing woman who has offered herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desires to marry her, exclusively for you, and not for the believers. We know what We have ordained for them regarding their wives and those their right-hands possess. This is to spare you any difficulty. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers - We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful
Edward Henry Palmer1880 O thou prophet! verily, we make lawful for thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their hire, and what thy right hand possesses out of the booty that God has granted thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncle and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncle and the daughters of thy maternal aunts, provided they have fled with thee, and any believing woman if she give herself to the prophet, if the prophet desire to marry her;- a special privilege this for thee, above the other believers. We knew what we ordained for them concerning their wives and what their right hands possess, that there should be no hindrance to thee, and God is forgiving, merciful
John Medows Rodwell1861 O Prophet! we allow thee thy wives whom thou hast dowered, and the slaves whom thy right hand possesseth out of the booty which God hath granted thee, and the daughters of thy uncle, and of thy paternal and maternal aunts who fled with thee to Medina, and any believing woman who hath given herself up to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to wed her - a Privilege for thee above the rest of the Faithful. We well know what we have settled for them, in regard to their wives and to the slaves whom their right hands hold, that there may be no fault on thy part: and God is Indulgent, Merciful
George Sale1734 O prophet, We have allowed thee thy wives unto whom thou hast given their dower, and also the slaves which thy right hand possesseth, of the booty which God hath granted thee; and the daughters of thy uncle, and the daughters of thy aunts, both on thy father's side, and on thy mother's side, who have fled with thee from Mecca, and any other believing woman, if she give herself unto the prophet; in case the prophet desireth to take her to wife. This is a peculiar privilege granted unto thee, above the rest of the true believers. We know what we have ordained them concerning their wives, and the slaves whom their right hands possess: Lest it should be deemed a crime in thee to make use of the privilege granted thee; for God is gracious and merciful
Talal Itani2012 You may defer any of them you wish, and receive any of them you wish. Should you desire any of those you had deferred, there is no blame on you. This is more proper, so that they will be comforted, and not be grieved, and be content with what you have given each one of them. God knows what is within your hearts. God is Omniscient and Clement.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 Thou canst defer whom thou wilt of them and receive unto thee whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou desirest of those whom thou hast set aside (temporarily), it is no sin for thee (to receive her again); that is better; that they may be comforted and not grieve, and may all be pleased with what thou givest them. Allah knoweth what is in your hearts (O men), and Allah is ever Forgiving, Clement
Edward Henry Palmer1880 Put off whomsoever thou wilt of them and take to thyself whomsoever thou wilt, or whomsoever thou cravest of those whom thou hast deposed, and it shall be no crime against thee. That is nigher to cheering their eyes and that they should not grieve, and should be satisfied with what thou dost bring them all; but God knows best what is in their hearts; and God is knowing, clement
John Medows Rodwell1861 Thou mayst decline for the present whom thou wilt of them, and thou mayest take to thy bed her whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou shalt long for of those thou shalt have before neglected; and this shall not be a crime in thee. Thus will it be easier to give them the desire of their eyes, and not to put them to grief, and to satisfy them with what thou shalt accord to each of them. God knoweth what is in your hearts, and God is Knowing, Gracious
George Sale1734 Thou mayest postpone the turn of such of thy wives as thou shalt please, in being called to thy bed; and thou mayest take unto thee her whom thou shalt please, and her whom thou shalt desire of those whom thou shalt have before rejected: And it shall be no crime in thee. This will be more easy, that they may be entirely content, and may not be grieved, but may be well pleased with what thou shalt give every of them: God knoweth whatever is in your hearts; and God is knowing and gracious
These figures count the words the translations share. They measure wording, not meaning, and they do not say which translation is right.
Derived measure: mean pairwise Jaccard distance over the
lowercased word sets of the 5 renderings above —
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where 0 means identical wording and 1 means no shared words. It is
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
33%
Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.76
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.74
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.73
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.72
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.68
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.65
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.60
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.55
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.54
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.